diff --git a/core/modules/migrate_drupal/src/Plugin/migrate/field/UserReference.php b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/src/Plugin/migrate/field/UserReference.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4f1a6036eed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/src/Plugin/migrate/field/UserReference.php
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\migrate_drupal\Plugin\migrate\field;
+
+use Drupal\migrate\Plugin\MigrationInterface;
+
+/**
+ * @MigrateField(
+ *   id = "userreference",
+ *   core = {6},
+ *   type_map = {
+ *     "userreference" = "entity_reference",
+ *   },
+ * )
+ */
+class UserReference extends FieldPluginBase {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getFieldFormatterMap() {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function processFieldValues(MigrationInterface $migration, $field_name, $data) {
+    $process = [
+      'plugin' => 'iterator',
+      'source' => $field_name,
+      'process' => [
+        'target_id' => [
+          'plugin' => 'migration_lookup',
+          'migration' => 'd6_user',
+          'source' => 'uid',
+        ],
+      ],
+    ];
+    $migration->setProcessOfProperty($field_name, $process);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/node/tests/src/Kernel/Migrate/d6/MigrateNodeTest.php b/core/modules/node/tests/src/Kernel/Migrate/d6/MigrateNodeTest.php
index b480f899d95..ce4ce76e968 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/tests/src/Kernel/Migrate/d6/MigrateNodeTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/tests/src/Kernel/Migrate/d6/MigrateNodeTest.php
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ class MigrateNodeTest extends MigrateNodeTestBase {
     $this->assertSame('Klingon Empire', $node->field_company[0]->entity->label());
     $this->assertSame('Romulan Empire', $node->field_company[1]->entity->label());
 
+    // Test that user reference field values were migrated.
+    $this->assertCount(1, $node->field_commander);
+    $this->assertSame('joe.roe', $node->field_commander[0]->entity->getUsername());
+
     $node = Node::load(2);
     $this->assertIdentical('Test title rev 3', $node->getTitle());
     $this->assertIdentical('test rev 3', $node->body->value);